Mike Johnson says he does not believe Senate talks would ‘stop the border catastrophe’ – as it happened
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Chuck Schumer also said negotiations on immigration policy changes have not concluded", and warned that many on the hard right are mightily trying to sink the bipartisan work happening here in the Senate".
A bipartisan group of senators has for weeks been bargaining over changes to border policy, which Republicans have demanded in exchange for supporting Joe Biden's request for military assistance to Israel and Ukraine. Those negotiations have not yet resulted in a deal, but rightwing Republicans, most worryingly House speaker Mike Johnson, have attacked them.
For months, we have been true to our word, working with Republicans on border security, listening to their proposals, and coming to agreement on a vast range of issues.
We have not concluded negotiations, so we will keep going to get this done.
House Republicans have not shown that he has violated the constitution. House Republicans have failed to present any evidence of anything resembling an impeachable offense.
Instead, what House Republicans are doing by advancing this sham impeachment effort is denigrating our constitution, all for the sake of appeasing one person and one person only: Donald Trump.
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